By Sean Kippin and Paul Cairney, University of Stirling, 4 March 2021. First published British Politics and Policy at LSE on 22 February 2021 In the summer of 2020, after cancelling exams, the UK and devolved governments sought teacher estimates on students’ grades, but supported an algorithm to standardise the results. When the results produced
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Richard Leonard was elected as Labour’s leader in Scotland in November 2017 with a brief to re-establish his party as a force in Scottish politics. However, he has been unable to do so. Just as before, Scottish Labour have not threatened the SNP’s monopoly on power. Instead, it competes, a diminished force, with the Scottish
Emily St Denny, University of Stirling In France, where prostitution is partly criminalised, it is illegal to buy sexual services but legal for a woman or a man to sell sex. And anyone selling sex must pay taxes like everyone else. But many people in prostitution – some of whom consider themselves “sex workers” and therefore believe they
Stefanie Elsa graduated with a First Class degree in History and Politics from the University of Stirling in 2020. In this blog, Stefanie, who is from Switzerland, talks about why she chose to study at Stirling, what she gained from her degree, and what she plans to do next. Why Stirling? Especially as an international